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RFC 1157 - 3.2.6.1. Resolution of Ambiguous MIB References

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### 3.2.6.1. Resolution of Ambiguous MIB References

Because the scope of any SNMP operation is conceptually confined to objects relevant to a single network element, and because all SNMP references to MIB objects are (implicitly or explicitly) by unique variable names, there is no possibility that any SNMP reference to any object type defined in the MIB could resolve to multiple instances of that type.

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RFC 1157 - 3.2.6.1. Resolution of Ambiguous MIB References